The Ancient Rose of Pompeii.Ernesto De Carolis, Adele Lagi, Gaetano Di Pasquale - Alessia D'Auria, Carlo Avvisati.Edition: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER - ISBN: 978-88-913-1135-1 - Year: 2017 -
The double red rose is without a doubt the species most commonly found in ancient Pompeii, both in terms of pictorial representation and mentions by classic authors. It has been variously identified, in the past, as a plant related to the Gallic rose. But can we exclude the contribution of an Oriental rose in a red, reflowering and fragranced rose? The peach (Prunus persica) was widely cultivated in Italy in Roman times; it was originally a species of Chinese origin that the Romans discovered upon arrival in Persia, where it had been introduced some time before. Might the Ancient Rose of Pompeii not have travell...

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The Ancient Rose of Pompeii.Ernesto De Carolis, Adele Lagi, Gaetano Di Pasquale - Alessia D'Auria, Carlo Avvisati.Edition: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER - ISBN: 978-88-913-1139-9 - Year: 2017 -
The double red rose is without a doubt the species most commonly found in ancient Pompeii, both in terms of pictorial representation and mentions by classic authors. It has been variously identified, in the past, as a plant related to the Gallic rose. But can we exclude the contribution of an Oriental rose in a red, reflowering and fragranced rose? The peach (Prunus persica) was widely cultivated in Italy in Roman times; it was originally a species of Chinese origin that the Romans discovered upon arrival in Persia, where it had been introduced some time before. Might the Ancient Rose of Pompeii not have travell...